Comments on: 30 Day Marketing Bootcamp for Freelance Writers – Day 6 http://allfreelancewriting.com/2009/09/08/freelancing/marketing-pr/30-day-marketing-bootcamp-for-freelance-writers-day-6/ Your Freelance Writing Resource Wed, 08 Feb 2012 22:03:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Jenn Mattern http://allfreelancewriting.com/2009/09/08/freelancing/marketing-pr/30-day-marketing-bootcamp-for-freelance-writers-day-6/comment-page-1/#comment-14292 Jenn Mattern Tue, 08 Sep 2009 16:09:18 +0000 http://queryfreefreelancer.com/?p=320#comment-14292 If you already have a site up on Wordpress and want to jump to that in the meantime, it's very very easy. You just create a page that you'll want to make your homepage (using the add new page option in the left navigation -- page, not post). Or you can use an existing page. Then you just go into the settings link, and in there you'll have an option to make one of your pages a static-style homepage. I'll give better instructions in tomorrow's post, but if you're familiar with Wordpress, you should be able to find that setting fairly easily if you want to move ahead a bit. If you already have a site up on WordPress and want to jump to that in the meantime, it’s very very easy.

You just create a page that you’ll want to make your homepage (using the add new page option in the left navigation — page, not post). Or you can use an existing page. Then you just go into the settings link, and in there you’ll have an option to make one of your pages a static-style homepage. I’ll give better instructions in tomorrow’s post, but if you’re familiar with WordPress, you should be able to find that setting fairly easily if you want to move ahead a bit.

]]> By: Matt Willard http://allfreelancewriting.com/2009/09/08/freelancing/marketing-pr/30-day-marketing-bootcamp-for-freelance-writers-day-6/comment-page-1/#comment-14291 Matt Willard Tue, 08 Sep 2009 14:42:53 +0000 http://queryfreefreelancer.com/?p=320#comment-14291 Sounds good. I'm interested about that static homepage, too, so I'll keep checking in for that. Sounds good. I’m interested about that static homepage, too, so I’ll keep checking in for that.

]]> By: Jenn Mattern http://allfreelancewriting.com/2009/09/08/freelancing/marketing-pr/30-day-marketing-bootcamp-for-freelance-writers-day-6/comment-page-1/#comment-14290 Jenn Mattern Tue, 08 Sep 2009 13:40:48 +0000 http://queryfreefreelancer.com/?p=320#comment-14290 We'll cover some of the important customizations, but mostly along the lines of plugins (so, for example, users can optimize their sites for SEO which will be a bigger focus later in the bootcamp or get their feeds easily tracked through feedburner -- things like that). We'll also be talking about how to set things up to get a static homepage and all so it doesn't look like a blog. But we won't talk a whole lot about things like CSS changes and such, as that's a bit beyond the bootcamp (which is more to get the right info up there, get it optimized, and do it in a way even newbies to their own sites will hopefully be able to understand). After the bootcamp there's a shorter series planned on customization, specifically based on changes I made to simplify one of the free Wordpress themes available here, where we'll talk about altering templates and stylesheets to get what you want. We’ll cover some of the important customizations, but mostly along the lines of plugins (so, for example, users can optimize their sites for SEO which will be a bigger focus later in the bootcamp or get their feeds easily tracked through feedburner — things like that). We’ll also be talking about how to set things up to get a static homepage and all so it doesn’t look like a blog. But we won’t talk a whole lot about things like CSS changes and such, as that’s a bit beyond the bootcamp (which is more to get the right info up there, get it optimized, and do it in a way even newbies to their own sites will hopefully be able to understand).

After the bootcamp there’s a shorter series planned on customization, specifically based on changes I made to simplify one of the free WordPress themes available here, where we’ll talk about altering templates and stylesheets to get what you want.

]]> By: Matt Willard http://allfreelancewriting.com/2009/09/08/freelancing/marketing-pr/30-day-marketing-bootcamp-for-freelance-writers-day-6/comment-page-1/#comment-14289 Matt Willard Tue, 08 Sep 2009 11:39:42 +0000 http://queryfreefreelancer.com/?p=320#comment-14289 You gonna cover customization options? Personally, I can only sum it up as "Google fu"-I just saw elements of websites I wanted and Googled for the code to make it happen. If you're industrious enough, you can easily learn how to make the look you want. You gonna cover customization options? Personally, I can only sum it up as “Google fu”-I just saw elements of websites I wanted and Googled for the code to make it happen. If you’re industrious enough, you can easily learn how to make the look you want.

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